# Shortite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Shortite
| boxbgcolor  =#b0ab57 
| image       = Shortite-20224.jpg
| imagesize   = 260px
| category    = [Carbonate minerals](/source/Carbonate_minerals)
| formula     = Na<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>2</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>
| IMAsymbol   = Sot<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
| strunz      = 5.AC.25
| system      = [Orthorhombic](/source/Orthorhombic)
| class       = Pyramidal (mm2) <br/>[H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol): (mm2)
| symmetry    = ''Amm2''
| colour      =Colourless, light yellow, light green 
|lustre=Vitreous| cleavage    =Distinct/good
on {010} 
| fracture    =Conchoidal 
| mohs        =3 
| diaphaneity =Transparent 
| gravity     =2.6 
| density     =2.6 
| opticalprop =Biaxial (−) 
| refractive  =n<sub>α</sub> = 1.531 n<sub>β</sub> = 1.555 n<sub>γ</sub> = 1.570 
| birefringence =0.039 
| dispersion  =r < v moderate 
}}

'''Shortite''' is a [sodium](/source/sodium)-[calcium](/source/calcium) [carbonate mineral](/source/carbonate_mineral), with the chemical formula Na<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>2</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. It was discovered by [J. J. Fahey](/source/J._J._Fahey) in [well cuttings](/source/well_cuttings) from the [Green River Formation](/source/Green_River_Formation), [Sweetwater County](/source/Sweetwater_County), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming), US, and was named to honor [Maxwell N. Short](/source/Maxwell_N._Short) (1889–1952), Professor of [Mineralogy](/source/Mineralogy), [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona).

Shortite is associated with commercial [trona](/source/trona) ores, and some care must be taken when beneficiating crude trona to avoid contamination with shortite.<ref>McKetta, John  J. (1995) "Slurry Systems, Instrumentation to Solid–Liquid Separation", ''Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design'', {{ISBN|0-8247-2602-2}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Aragonite](/source/Aragonite)
* [Calcite](/source/Calcite)
* [Nahcolite](/source/Nahcolite)
* [Natron](/source/Natron)
* [Sodium sesquicarbonate](/source/Sodium_sesquicarbonate)
* [Thermonatrite](/source/Thermonatrite)
* [Trona](/source/Trona)
* [Vaterite](/source/Vaterite)

==References==
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*[http://www.mindat.org/min-3640.html Mindata, with localities]
*[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Shortite.shtml Shortite data]

Category:Calcium minerals
Category:Carbonate minerals
Category:Sodium minerals
Category:Orthorhombic minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 38
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